and this is the code I use "Index.blade.php" For this specifically, theres nothing wrong with Mallek himself, its moreover how hes treated. The Homestuck following was (and is in many ways still) very involved with the project. It also has an unprecidented degree of fan interaction laced throughout the comic, with readers being invited in through suggesting actions, names, and other content; producing art and music; and headcanons later 'canonised' or 'debunked'. Homestuck is the longest and most well-known & loved of the MS Paint Adventures. Homestuck actually so sensitive to changes in the Internet that continuing the site as intended has proved to be somewhat of a challenge. And she decides what gets put in front of our eyes and what doesnt. Oh yeah also you link to ipgd's post with Cool Dude and Stoner Lou, which, for context, is a direct parody of Shredded Moose--you really need that context to understand CDASL. They should have stuck with what they said. Web1. I wouldnt be the snarky, nitpicking college kid with a blog if I didnt start that snarky nitpicking on Reddit and among fans complaining about, say, how retconning [S] Game Over totally ruined the emotional impact of the story up until that point. Some may argue that this forces the comic to be perpetually out of date, but Id argue the opposite. This applies to the treatment of Mituna, who due to the overexertion of his psychic powers received brain damage that altered his personality. WebHomestuck, Problem Sleuth, Sweat Bor and Helpful Jed. Characters can use special super-moves called Fraymotifs, a portmanteau of the words fray and leitmotif. His use of a wheelchair, for example, is frequently exploited as a weakness to make fun of. MS Paint Adventures by Andrew Hussie. Thats how obsessive preoccupation works, and its an accelerator of these forms of online cultism. WebAnswer random questions and Ill give you a Lana del ray lyric that will reveal a deep truth about you. Her "whole deal is being a lesbian"? I don't really care about homestuck drama, it is a product of its time as another comment said but.. OP seems vastly unaware of a lot of social issues to be "responding" to this drama. In my case, that thing I tried to copy when I started out was Homestuck. So, you are saying I can't write about people who are not me? Press J to jump to the feed. Homestuck fan here, The proposal, which was passed 6 to 1 by the St. Paul City council, will have to be approved by the state legislature. A quick search on Reddit reveals dozens of threads discussing questions like What happened to andrew hussie? and other posts tracking the creators activity on social media platforms like Tumblr. Half of his comments are "N-NO, YOU?" or have experienced the same thing? (not sure on the proper wording for this, if theres better wording let me know and ill change it) As a result of his accident, he is constantly babyed or harassed by other characters. Originally the Black Queen of the trolls' incipisphere, after exile to Alternia and took the title of Banished Quasiroyal. While weve seen characters manipulate time before, Lord Englishs control over all of time in all of its forms is so absolute, his presence in the narrative is already guaranteed. Or you read a lot of Twilight and now you cant escape allure of urban fantasy erotica with alarmingly dubious ideas surrounding consent. Anyone who presides over something popular is forced to play the role of an informal cult leader, which is what it felt like throughout most of Homestucks run, and even well beyond. He said, Some online personalities will revel in that role, and actually start behaving like a true cult leader. Copyright issues; unlike many, more mainstream (and powerful) content producers who kind of give convention artists alleys the big shrugaroo, a small buisness like What Pumpkin LLC, the company that sells Homestuck merchandise, does not have the luxury of being able to afford turning a blind eye to fan produced content, and is thus very strict about people selling fanmade Homestuck content. The language used might seem lamentable to a young person today, but much of Homestuck is a product of its time. The largest, most active Homestuck community. A decade in the future, long after our heroes win the game, and long after our heroes have left Homestuck itself, John is confronted with a choice: he can use his powers to return to canon, fill the plot hole, and stabilize the story, or decide to continue living his life, canon integrity he damned. I asked Hussie if he thinks everyone should just log off. Webi do think there is a lot to say on why homestucks fanbase is (to put it bluntly) so transgender in such a specific and interesting way. She takes her time, narrating with a kind of dry, verbose voice. The key to defeating him lies instead in a magical artifact in the shape of Homestucks logo. And then theres genocide. WebHomestuck has never shied away from cartoonish gore and bloodshed before, but ironically, what the epilogues lack in pictures they make up for in graphic content. That should be plenty to say on how wrong it is, with Meenah being a literal adult and this Vriska being a literal child. Point 3: Homestuck is not delicate or child friendly. No idea who that is, I covered incest above and I am 24, so what's your point? But those with more of an anti-cult stance, which describes myself, will occupy the position reluctantly.. Hussie didn't make John and Karkat et al drop the r word to say anything about them, that's just a word he himself used to use, so his characters did too. Be prepared. Time to be controversial here. And then they win the third time, after John rewrites the story to make that happen, and finally get to go to a new universe and live happily ever after. Id post a sample here if reading my old work didnt literally set me on fire. Given the comics exponential trajectory it set for itself early on, it had to get this meta at some point. The content vacuum created by a cryptid leader results in overwhelming conditions of parasociality, and the projections of personality, morality, and biographical data onto the blank-slate leader can get ludicrous, and often pretty spiteful. Theres a problem with activations getting backed up, & stuck in our system. Not every country has black stereotypes that are the same. Like this the view I got in laravel 8 Laravel 8 paginate UI. "Babyed or harassed"? Sometimes it is presented as pretty damn funny, but it's blacker-than-spades humour. Take later. Thats no way to handle an issue like this. On revolution, telling stories, and logging off. I can't fight that. Also, others tormented Tavros as well? But it's also a prime example of the hidden insolvency that exists across much of the banking sector. He forces Rose to consent to being kidnapped, then makes her wife, Kanaya, blame herself for it all. Vriska and Terezi were close friends during their childhood, who on Alternia formed the Scourge Sisters, Team Charge's FLARP rivals. It is the close button at the top right (or left) of your BROWSER WINDOW. Maybe it would help if I knew what "AAVE" is, though. When I speak of fandom Im referring to the activity which is more indicative of obsession, hyperfixation, the need for a sense of belonging to a greater movement, and starting to let that feeling shape your identity. When I read that, I remember scoffing. Yes, but so are the men. OK, I don't think I can say much about basing lesbian characters on bi people, because I am not an expert on that, but none of that even matters. Like who? As Dirk ascends, though, he gains full awareness of the story itself. Okay, so the plot hole is also a cue ball and the whole story is pool and chess and I think blackjack. In Candy, shes this pushy, horny, clueless woman with alarmingly dubious ideas surrounding consent, who pushes her friends away and pressures Dave in marrying her, preventing him from living out the fact that hes gay. Fanfiction that places Dirk and Kanaya in heterosexual pairings. In 2012, around 24,000 backers pledged roughly $2 million to help bring Hiveswap, a video game version of the Homestuck, to life. The interesting thing about that controversy is that for awhile on tumblr there were more people complaining about people complaining about the Caucasian thing than there were actual people complaining about the Caucasian thing. The "r-slur" being used is true. Agreed. The Candy author on the other hand, represented by Calliope, cares little for if whats happening on screen is important or not. what better profession is there in this world? But, there is still no ETA for everything to work normally again. Webit has some stuff that aged poorly and is very typical of the comedy and internet culture at the time that it was written. to clarify my stance im a big homestuck fan im a big fan of toby foxs work im criticizing people who think homestuck is "too problematic" but think toby is "good and clean and safe" hes just as fucked up as the rest of us /pos. While the "fat!Vriska" joke is still prevelant in the fandom, Vriska tends to be portrayed as fairly skinny in the fanart, and it's Ferferi who's often drawn as fairly chubby (as is Jane, but she's a bit less controversial). I can come to my own conclusions. He would commandeer a handful of characters, and I do the same. By the end of both epilogues, Rose, Dave, and Dirk ascend to their Ultimate Selves. Maybe you watched a lot of Naruto, so your big project is filled to the brim with edgy ninjas and impractically sized swords. WebThe implosion of Silvergate Bank has a lot to do with the fact that it was crypto's bank of choice. Cyberduds. However, Dirks enemy isnt necessarily Calliope, its the very fact that stories end, and, when they do, everyone and everything existing after the end fades from relevance. And then they have a kid who she abuses. I don't think writing off Hussie as a person for his work is at all fair. Tavros treatment in homestuck is also disgusting, in all honesty. Theres the aforementioned not-finishing-the-story-ness I talked about earlier. Tumblr community vs. every other community. The flaws of each epilogue reflect the flaws in Meat and Candy as narrative frames of mind. In both the SFW and NSFW route, there was no mention of him being trans. Why didn't you mention that one? but the stance that critical enjoyment is impossible because of those aspects that don't look good today is pretty flawed. Come on, you disappoint. Buckets, apparently someone threw one at a Karkat at a convention. They both exist. Oh, and all troll sex is incest by human standards. WebWhy Homestucks Disaster of an Epilogue was so Bad 9,982 views Jul 7, 2019 330 Dislike Share Skooter 58 subscribers Omg I started this April this took me like 3 and a half months sksksskks. So the patient reader will forgive me for not putting more effort into recapping the story. I saw a lot of promise in Johns relationship with Roxy. Hussie: lets go on this journey of discovery together. As it goes in the story, she was drunk driving, and after the cop gets physical with her, she grabs the gun from his holster and shoots. People cared more about her being a lesbian than they cared about her being a gross stereotype whos main priority is money and business!! Could things have been done differently for better effect? I will just go ahead and read through the Google Docs about Hussie being terrible and comment every time I have something to say. Wwwwowwwwwww. This is silly on a few levels. Conspiracy theories, outright fabrications, connecting dots on whatever precious facts are known to paint whatever picture the theorizer wants to paint. You must have a lot of time on your hands to look into all that, don't you? Also feel free to send me ideas of things youd like me to cover! This caused such a huge blowup in the fandom that Hussie eventually changed the line to "I feel so peachy". And the world ends. As of now, recordings of the content exist on YouTube and are embedded where the Flash animations used to be, but take it from me when I say its really not the same. But then, homosexuality in a society where bisexuality is the norm is kind of a different thing. And then that ability comes in handy when the eight kids and the original players lose the game again. WebPoint 1: Homestuck is 'problematic' in the way that many people are beginning to dislike. Not formally, and nowhere near as dangerous as more conventional cults can be, but close enough to draw meaningful comparisons. N/A. 1,362,830. I already break the fourth wall, numbnuts! Pyscholonials doesnt give in to hopelessness. There are pages that break the style of the website, pages that change the CSS are common, and there are pages that change their formatting to fit different content. (EVRYTHING IS CANON. If Im Hussie, I use the epilogues to tie up lose ends and put the story to rest, not start this whole other tangent about what canon really means and how all your favorite characters are actually awful people. Rose and Roxy. Homestuck is honestly a sprawling epic I mean, kind of. Toward the end of the story, Z and her best friend are forced to figure out what to do with the empire that theyve built that has become difficult to control a reality that Hussie himself is familiar with as a de facto leader of a fandom. But, there is still no ETA for everything to work normally again. Homestuck is two or three biggish novels' worth of illustrated text, And thats about how Ive come to regard all fandoms now.. Two friends who realize they see each other as something more I live for that kind of stuff when its done right. I've been dealing with this stuff for years--just this very small, specific subset of the law in question--and I still ask our legal counsel for clarification or confirmation fairly often, because it's not always straightforward. hating her or not hating her and liking her as a character and oh my god can we please stop talking about Vriska). https://linktr.ee/moblack, Pumpkin Party in Sea Hitlers Water Apocalypse, pages that change their formatting to fit different, this first conversation between John and Terezi. Please enter a valid email and try again. When I was a kid, my brother and I would play a game Ive come to call And Then. The solid sales performance also lifted the food retailer's profit margins. Jade was one of my favorite characters. The very same iteration of Vriska that is also 13. Okay, geez! Ive yet to hear from Jane fans who had to watch the character Ben Shapiro her way into supporting actual genocide of an entire race of sentient beings. Still, he said that the text works as a thematic followup to his entire experience with building a fandom. newsletter, Streamers have to become increasingly savvy, what people think they know about them online, information around topics like mental health, like writing fanfiction or creating fan art. This is that second one though. A first-time sci-fi or fantasy novel can be around 100 thousand. In fact, you yourself just said that "Japanese highschool girl esque- outfits" are sexual. It makes the story feel cyclical in a good way. Its a story that grows up with the Internet itself, and, by extension, a story about the Internet, how it changes, how we change it, and how it changes us. To feel what its like to be faced with a behemoth of a story and to be forced to choose: Meat or Candy, one path or the other. Both options ultimately leave someone somewhere dissatisfied. I'm on the same boat here. Jake even blames himselflaterintheconversation, and John lets that slide. While its about revolution, its told in a refreshingly modern and relevant way. 13. You mean I cant wear the same thing I wore when I was younger? But Hussie questions those practices as a form of fandom, and redefines what the word really means today. Yes it is. Feferi's weight. Quite a bit of it, has, unfortunately landed on rachel, who if I recall correctly, is in charge of a lot of the business decisions, or at least enforcing them. I like my complaints like I like my inception, always going one level deeper. To beat the game, they have to interact with the game worlds characters, and with a disgruntled group of internet trolls. At time of publication, there are roughly 57,000 works of fanfiction dedicated to the series on Archive of Our Own. We were weirdly concerned with fundamental narrative principles at the time, more so than little kids had any right to be. And then theres this punch-card based, bit-wise inventory system that they exploit to make whatever they want in the game. All my pieces are addressed to the reader directly, though some admittedly more so than others. Asaresult, the narrative remains incomplete and unstable, and the relevance of key events is questioned all together. No one considered it a slur yet. The 10,000 dollar donors for Hussie's kickstarter. A subreddit for Homestuck and the works of Andrew Hussie. Rather than being a swapped preference, it is a more exacting preference. Copyright issues; unlike many, more mainstream content producers who kind of give convention artists alleys the big shrugaroo, Hussie, as a small buisness owner, is very strict about people selling fanmade Homestuck content.